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0 pointsgpm4mo ago0 comments

Eh, I don't think it's actually one or the other. Google has taken on rewriting some more problematic components in rust. See for example:

Binder kernel driver: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...

Media codecs: https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-in-process-softw...

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GeekyBear4mo ago

This is also happening at Microsoft:

> Rewriting SymCrypt in Rust to modernize Microsoft’s cryptographic library

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/rewriting-symc...

nicoburns4mo ago

Yeah, there's also a freetype replacement https://github.com/googlefonts/fontations

I think they're trying to avoid rewriting things for no reason though. The things being rewritten tend to have a history of security problems or other issues that would be cause for a rewrite even if it wasn't in Rust.

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